The cartoon in last week’s paper (June 22) depicts a married couple much more interested in the rising price of gasoline than in the hearing of the January 6 Select Committee.
Ironically …
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The cartoon in last week’s paper (June 22) depicts a married couple much more interested in the rising price of gasoline than in the hearing of the January 6 Select Committee.
Ironically the cartoon was adjacent to an editorial that proclaimed the relevance of local newspapers, while making a case for Congress to pass the Local Journalism Sustainability Act.
Perhaps there are some readers in rural districts of Jefferson County who think price inflation is more important than the threat to our democracy posed by Trump’s insurrection attempt. But surely, in the homes of the Port Townsend Leader’s subscribers, right here in River City, most of your politically savvy readers are focused on the revelations of the House Select Committee.
We have all seen inflation before, and will again, no doubt. But not since Benedict Arnold have we seen a leader willing to sacrifice his country for his own power. A betrayal we must never see again.
Dick Conway
PORT TOWNSEND
